A Harris County man upset with his son's school behavior is accused of destroying a video game console, throwing the pieces at the boy's head and punching him in the face.

Paul Anderson Newman, 45, was arrested Jan. 15 and released the same day on $5,000 bond, online law enforcement records state.

According to the arrest warrant from Aldine school district police, Newman on Jan. 7 allegedly hit the boy at their north Harris County home.

The next day, the boy's teacher noticed bruising on his head and face and asked him what happened.

"I can't tell you or my dad will get mad," he told the teacher, the warrant stated.

The teacher took the boy to the school nurse, who also noticed bruises on his head, face, back and shoulders.

The boy said his father became very angry due to a bad behavior report from school, records stated.

Newman allegedly smashed the game console with a wrench, threw the pieces at the boy's back and shoulder and dragged him by the shirt onto the kitchen floor, according to the records.

Then, with a knee on the boy's chest, he hit him several times in the face with open and closed fists while yelling and cursing at him, according to the warrant.

Photos of the boy showed swelling and bruises on both cheeks and around the eyes, on his right shoulder, the side of his neck and along the scalp line, records stated.

A pediatrician at Texas Children's Hospital said the boy suffered "blunt head trauma," with hematomas and contusions on his face and head.

An investigator met with Newman in a voluntary interview, where the defendant said he became angry over reports of bad behavior at school and failure to complete assignments, according to the arrest warrant.

Newman told police he "rolled around on the ground" with the boy and hit him several times but stopped when he noticed his son was not "emotionally reacting" to the blows.

Newman is scheduled to appear Jan. 17 in the 179th State District Court.